[NSRCA-discussion] Proposal

[John Gayer]

The administrators would have to be a volunteer group, similar to the 
administrators of this list. These lists do not exist by magic. I help 
to administor a different list and know what a pain it can be at times. 
As would working the issues of the national ranking database. I did 
offer to help with the project.
As far as hiding from your quality of flying, I suggest looking at the 
people you are ahead of rather than behind. When I flew F3A, that was 
sometimes the only way to keep trying. :-)   Of course I still had a 
problem when I looked down and there was noone there.

john
george w. kennie wrote:

> John,
> I'm playing Devil's Advocate here. A couple of things. There's always 
> the question of, Who's going to administrate ???? And secondly, do I 
> really want to know how bad I really am in light of the fact that I 
> have been telling myself the opposite for such a very long time ?
> G.
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* John Gayer <mailto:jgghome at comcast.net>
>     *To:* NSRCA Mailing List <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>     *Sent:* Friday, August 17, 2007 12:17 AM
>     *Subject:* [NSRCA-discussion] Proposal
>
>     I'd like to present a proposal that might appeal to a few if not
>     the many....
>
>     *Redirect the focus to our international team competition through
>     modification of the advancement system
>
>     *
>
>        1. Modify the advancement process to be consistent through all
>           classes from Sportsman through to F3A. See section two for
>           possible advancement criteria
>        2. Advancement can be forced by the advancement criteria(see
>           section 2) or voluntary.
>        3. The first year in a new and higher class is an option year.
>           At the end of the option year you can downselect one class
>           for any reason.
>
>     This has the advantage of being able to try out the higher class
>     for a year without committing your entire pattern career. If you
>     discover that the next class is beyond your means( time, money or
>     talent) then you option down the following year. If you absolutely
>     refuse to fly your new class, then perhaps you could use the time
>     and money to reintroduce your self to your wife, girlfriend, etc.
>     If you need a goal for the year, focus on making your rudder
>     commands instinctive, learn to fly a helicopter, learn to fly
>     rolling circles. You would probably come back a better pattern
>     flyer than when you left.
>
>     *Create a National Database for Pattern
>     *
>     The database must contain the raw scores of all flights for _all_
>     competitors by class. The only thing normalized scores are good
>     for is finding the right  finish order for each class at a
>     contest. Raw scores are much better for comparing results even at
>     a contest. For example I finish round one with a 930 and round two
>     with a 985, both to competitor A. Now did I fly a lot better in
>     round two(I thought I did)  or did competitor A flop a stall turn
>     in the figure M in round 2.
>     Anyway once you have the raw scores by competitor and class, you
>     can do the following:
>
>        1. Create a National Ranking for each class based on average
>           points per maneuver. Once this is in place and on line, we
>           will have a reason for pattern competitors to join NSRCA.
>           you can't tell me that there wouldn't be a lot of interest
>           in seeing who is hot around the country and how you stack up
>           against the competition. I know, the judging isn't always
>           equal but that's always been true and we have to live with it.
>        2. The data available on each competitor would include contests
>           entered, placing, advance points earned. The districts could
>           extract whatever data is required to ascertain the district
>           champions. We could archive previous years as well.
>        3. Other ways to specify advancement in class become available,
>           percentage of average FAI score, even eventually moving the
>           10 top-rated pilots up a class. Possibilities are endless
>           when you have the data.
>
>     Since the database would only be open to NSRCA members, if you
>     want to track your National standing, joining NSRCA would be a
>     must. If you want to see what the guy nobody heard of that just
>     rolled in from out of district has accomplished, look him up.
>     We've been looking for reasons  to join NSRCA, I feel this is one
>     that could be big and would be worth some investment in time and
>     money. I would be willing to help with such a project although I
>     don't feel like I could take it on by myself.
>
>     Comments?????
>     John
>
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